CHERNOBYL EP1 | REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING
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Popcorn: "I feel physically ill"
She's in shock. Get her out of here.
I don't know if watching this series will make things better for her, but it could certainly make things worse.
Perfectly normal phenomena.
Not great but not terrible.
She hasn't seen anything yet. This show is just raw.
She's Delusional! Take her to the Infirmary.
This series will make you angry, frustrated, horrified, emotional but also inspired. It is really worth watching. One of the best things I’ve seen in the last few years.
I think Chernobyl is the only modern miniseries that rivals Band of Brothers. It's really a masterpiece.
I live 220 kilometers from this palce. I had 6 years in this time when this happend. I don’t understand your excitement ta all
@@ariochiv try „ Pacific”
@@zepter00 I wouldn’t say that anyone is excited that the disaster at Chernobyl actually happened. This telling of what happened is superb and in fact important for people to see so that they know what happened.
@@TwoMenandaCanoe i know what happend i Live in this times and saw many things from first view. and i dont like fact that sombombidy is making money onbsouch big tragedy.
Cass: "This is like gaslighting."
Yup. That's the short definition of a totalitarian state. The first thing authoritarian states do is shut down the free flow of information. It's why a genuinely free press is such a vitally important thing; it's the immune system of a liberal democracy.
We aren't a liberal democracy! The United States of America is a constitutional republic!
@@billallen4793 - where did I mention the USA?
@@philiponeill6903 you're correct, my ass-umption...lol
IMHO, It has to be a balance.
Freedom of speech is also not a license to slander.
The problem with free flow of information is the propensity of the free press to form lies for the shock value and to further narrative.
So, on one hand, suppression of free press, whatever the political stance, is evil.
But so is abusing the free flow of information to inject lies.
The series talks about lies.
Most democracies are constitutional republics.
Honestly I felt more fear and existential dread watching this than I ever have watching a horror film. It's a tough watch especially, as a lot of other people have already said, when you know it actually happened and many of the characters are/were real people
It gives the same kind of horror as threads. Difference being this one isn't a "what if..." more of a "what should never have happened"
Because they were real facts... that's terrible.
yes, it's called communism... If all the morons in that room weren't afraid to tell the truth (something you would be shot for in communism) they could have evacuated and started containment procedures within the hour... BUT NO! But you people never learn. You think communism is good. WAKE UP SHEEP!
Normally you'd have the ability to say "This isn't real, it's just a movie" but not this time. And, honestly, it doesn't get any better from here. Fantastically made mini-series, but a very difficult watch.
Its still a movie. There wasnt a reactor core explosion. It was a steam explosion. Nuclear reactor cores cannot explode as a nuclear explosion. It could either meltdown or runaway. There are some inaccurate information in this movie because its a movie.
@@Zappina You're picking nits here. It wasn't a nuclear fission explosion, but what happened in the reactor most definitely qualifies as an explosion.
@@Zappina I didn't think anyone would have thought it was a nuclear explosion from fission.
@@dodda You should be surprised how many people thought about that. I lost count how many times i had to tell people about core explosions. Reactor core meltdown is the precise word and not reactor core explosion. Reactor core explosion suggest an actual core explosion which wasnt the case.
There are a large number of historic, scientific, and engineering things they got waaaaaaaaaaay wrong and really overblew. So its not really historical. It is still a great series though, just for how it was made.
It's a historical event that everyone should never forget. Worth watching.
Although historical, it is dramatized and exaggerated to a high degree. Watch it with a pinch of salt.
Why would it be worth watching a propaganda lie about a historical event?
Instead of watching a dramatized Hollywood version of this very recent historical event, watch and read more accurate accounts of it.
@@emperorpicard4901 not exaggerated that much. Check out some of the facts and you might be shocked.
This affected most of Northern Europe, even to the point where Scottish farmers couldn't send sheep for slaughter.
It was a couple of days before USSR even admitted something had happened.
Recent reports have shed light on possible fission occurring under the plant.
this is great show depicting real event and real people, their heroism and cravenness, as well as ingrained problems of a tottering bureaucratic state.
however main narrative of the show is problematic because it is false. this false narrative depicts scientists seeking truth at any cost, conducting an investigation against wishes of the state , and revealing the results at great risk to themselves ( even of life and imprisonment).
in fact what happened at chernobyl and aftermath (now known and even accessible in west through books like midnight at chernobyl) on those man narrative points, was quite different ( in fact almost 180 degrees different).
investigation was done by state itself, and its findings were not hidden ( in fact were used by defense rather than persecution at trial) . nobody was at risk of back room execution, or imprisonment, because of investigation and a dramatic revelation of findings. legasov( who was heroically responsible for some important aftermath decisions) was ostracized not by state, but by fellow scientists,who thought he was proposing reforms ( not mentioned in show , some of them heroic in their own way ) detrimental to status of scientists, and finding faults with other individual scientiss ( some of whom suffered and were fired because of this ) who had earlier helped his career.
show chose to lie on those points. those lies are especially problematic in a show with theme of" cost of lies" .
I am from post USSSR country, my dad was serving in Ukraine in military at that time and was passing the city 3 days prior. He is also a firefighter. As we watched this, he remembered it as it was. Thank God by the time it exploded he was far enough to be safe (he is still alive and well at 56). This film and firefighters going in is my whole life's fear that something serious will happen and I will lose him.
Not only firefighers where there btw.
My brother was in army and was also who cleaned there afterwards.
This is a horrific show, but one of the best things I've watched in a long time. You'll feel sick, you'll get angry, and you'll be at a loss for how stupid some people can be, but you'll be so glad you endured it when you finish. I can't wait to see more of your reaction.
I'm praying for Cassie's heart. This series is going to be a tough one.
That was my first thought I had. It’s an excellent show, but it’s probably one of the hardest watches!!
Pray to Cthulhu!
I know! As soon as I saw the video I said “oh no! Don’t do it Cassie.”
I will not pray, but i will do 14 push-ups, then drink a glass of milk and then watch an episode of QI. Because it does exactly the same….nothing.
@@tsogobauggi8721 ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
"I don't understand.... Why don't they just get out?!"
They're already dead.
But they felt a strong sense of duty to complete the task they were performing.
It's hard to watch since she has no understanding of radiation and fall out. It's the equivalent of putting oneself in a microwave and turning it on. It's bleak.
Why do they need to get out? It’s only 3.6 roentgen. Just another fine day in the USSR.
@@jynxce "It's the equivalent of putting oneself in a microwave and turning it on." Not really a good comparison. Microwave radiation is non-ionizing and relatively low energy. Microwave radiation causes water molecules to vibrate and produce heat. This heat is what can cause burns (external or internal) with exposure. Ionizing radiation from a nuclear source causes cell damage. In high doses it causes radiation burns and/or radiation sickness. Lower doses over a longer period of time can cause cancer.
They didn't know at the time they were already dead, the firemen and medics who went in were totally unaware of the danger. The tasks they were being forced to do, exposing themselves to the core radiation were useless, they kept telling that doofus in charge that the core had blown up, nothing could stop it. Communism 101 the rank and file are expendable and must never question the party line
@@4Kandlez The firemen and medics were unaware. The technicians working at the plant were not. They fully understood that they were all already dead.
i'm sure tons of people have said this, but people really didn't know the dangers of radiation when this happened. dyatlov in particular had already been in a meltdown about ten years prior, and survived with very few ill effects, which was part of the reason he downplayed it so much. you'll see as time goes on that people are learning just how awful it can be as it's happening to them.
Besides, Dyatlov was so convinced an RBMK reactor core cannot explode (and if it weren't for that one little design flaw and the aggravating circumstances, it indeed could not -- Dyatlov was not wrong) that he was ready to attribute everything to 'people being in shock'. He couldn't see how, Akimov couldn't see how, hell, even Legasov himself couldn't see how. I can almost kinda excuse him for thinking everybody else was getting crazy. Almost.
"You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension."
- Nikola Tesla
This whole event in Chernobyl and Pripyat is the perfect example of that quote
If only he knew how terrifyingly true that statement would turn out to be
Chernobyl was horrible but there are dozens, if not hundreds, of "man made horrors" that are arguably far worse and many almost as bad. Chernobyl was the worst nuclear accident but Fukushima and Castle Bravo were pretty bad as well, especially when it comes to radiation leaks.
As far as lives affected, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were some of the most horrifying, although arguably necessary to save even more lives. Recently some of these train derailments have caused more people to be affected and health at risk than even Chernobyl ended up affecting (which was over 100,000)
You should continue because you need to see the full story. There is some extreme heroism to come. By the end you will be both horrified and amazed by bravery of some and the stupidity of others.
Idk, in this case I wouldn't mind if she skipped this one, I don't get why "needing" the full story is such a necessity but judging her reaction to the first episode I don't think she has the heart to handle this
@@nutsandbolts1264 While true it's got a lot of anxiety in it, you don't fully get the info in the first episode, the series is mostly done via POV, and only in the last episode do you revisit the scenes in the control room and moments of the accident with a more clear picture of what's going on. The first episode is broken and confused deliberately and gives the audience a feel for what some of the plant workers must have been going through.
Most of that stupidity is a lie of HBO because US propaganda. In reality all was different.
@@nutsandbolts1264 especially 'for all makind'
I couldn’t agree more. Even if it hurts to watch it for some, it is both incredibly powerful and important that we take it all in in order to learn from the mistakes of the past.
Omg Cassie this is a heart breaking one. It’s literally the scariest and best hbo show. It won so many awards.
Best limited series, best director and so on. It was nominated for 19 Emmy's winning 10 and 47 Golden Globes it won 33 GG's.
And it deserves every one.
We, Eastern Europeans got the worst of it. However, the show was great at making people realize how horrible this was
I was 13 years old when this happened (I’m in the UK) .. I remember being told to avoid going outside due to the risk of clouds carrying the ash/dust over us..
I’m glad I saw this mini series .. it’s a masterpiece and NEEDS to be seen .. it’s harrowing throughout, so have plenty of tissues at the ready.
15:30 That to me is the most heart wrenching part of the episode. That technician knew that looking directly into the core on fire will expose him to fatal levels of radiation. He still did anyways because the ignorant upper managements didn't understood radiation poisoning. When he turns around and his face is red from the fatal dose you can see from his eyes he knows that he's fucked. He doesn't even give a damn anymore at 16:10 when his superiors are yelling at him, still ignorant to what they had just done to him.
"Why doesn't he just quit?"
They couldn't. In the Soviet Union you could be imprisoned or worse if you questioned authority or refused to obey. When it comes to matters of state, people were extremely scared. Legasov immediately tried to apologize on the phone because he feared they would see his questions as insubordination.
Personel in an Atomic Reactor also can't just run away when something bad happens. Someone has to try get things under control after all.
Well I would habe quit on the spot. Imprisoned? Fine by me. Shot? Better than staying in the radiation area. Nothing to lose, staying means being already dead.
@@Marshmallox43 but they would also get to your children or relatives, like preventing them from getting employment, forcing them into permanent poverty
The parallels to the Soviet Union are occurring in present day USA. Google (RUclips), Twitter, and Facebook might as well be called Pravda.
honestly, bullet would have been a blessing in disguise to quite many people there...
Chernobyl is most excellent show. I give 3.6 points out of 15.000.
Not great, not terrible.
:D
I see what you did there :P
As a Russian, whose teacher was one of the third wave of liquidators of the Chernobol accident, I can confirm that despite some tendentiousness and the somewhat intentionally gloomy atmosphere of the work, this series is not bad. Although there are rather stupid and inappropriate moments for any Soviet realities.
Arctic Alpha fucking love that scene where the general comes back and says it's not 3.6 it's 15,000.
And the look on the 3 guys' faces knowing they are in deep shit now
It's very hard to watch but it's important to know that this actually happened. And the cover up is real. Learning from these kinds of stories is the only way of keeping them from happening in the future. Plus as hard as it is to learn about this event...this mini series is brilliantly made and acted.
Yeah too late for that what with the cover ups of the Covid crisis in the early months. People never learn
Looks like people in Fukushima didnt learn from that..
it is an easy mistake for young lads to think humanity would learn from its mistakes.
it never has. it does not. it never will
humanity doesnt learn. groups dont learn. individuals learn.
I was in my early teens when this happened.
The Fins were the first to notice, but they couldn't report on it for fear of Soviet reprisals.
Soon after, by early morning, the Swedes noticed it and raised the alarm as they were under no obligation to keep quiet.
NATO went into high alert. Furloughs were cancelled. There was a marked increase in jet fighters in the skies and MPs in the streets.
The national gendarmerie swapped their pistols for rifles and patrolled in armoured vehicles iso their usual patrol cars. Army units spread out as prescribed in nuclear war protocols.
The main fear was that the Soviets would figure, "There's no coming back from this. If we don't attack the West now, we're fucked."
People were told to keep children inside and to destroy any home grown vegetables. Playgrounds were closed.
All this while a comfortable 2000 km from Prypyat.
It was pretty much full on panic.
Chernobyl is a really skillfully made mini series. The acting is very good, and the music is beautiful/sad and fits to all scenes. This being real and things that did really happen to people adds a deeply uncomfortable feeling to watching it. It's a hard series to watch, because it is not about fantasy elves or superheroes, but of the real world, and it is full of horrors.
@@uncleho1945 I think "highly inaccurate" is stretching it a bit.
Yes, the are some inaccuracies, mainly taken for dramatic purpouses, but most of the events ocurred the way they were depicted.
Well it's not a document, but a tv show. :)
@@tsogobauggi8721 i agree with that
@@D4rkn3ss2000 Nah, you need to do your research again. The events in the control room weren’t even in the right order power surge was after AZ5. Still absolutely love the show, but it completely changes portrayal of events and characters. Like Dyatlov being a villain, or Toptunov being portrayed as an awkward new guy. You can’t just change real life characters and events and pretend it’s still pretty accurate . The overall meaning is good and it’s a good intro to the subject, but it is not highly accurate
@@uncleho1945 Its inaccurate at like 2-3 points throughout the whole story, thats literally not "highly inaccurate".. Spreading USSR propaganda much are we?
I was in the Army stationed in West Germany when this happened. We were kept inside as much as possible. You will see/learn how it works out as the show progresses. You will understand how this type of nuclear reactor works by the end.
I was a toddler at the time, but I was born in West Germany (British parents, dad was a soldier) in 1985. Its one of the first things I remember from the news, but I didn't understand it at all (obviously, I was only 3). My mum was horrified that the wind might bring the fallout over Europe, luckily it didn't (at least, not much).
how funny -I were delivering morning newspapers all days all wekk and it rained those days and I even swallowed rainwater - a tour were about 2.5-3 hours longs and I was soaking wet -maybe its was safe o be in sweden but the fallout were in my region also
@@rossmckenzie7629 what?
I was 9 when this was going on.._ in Denmark we weren't aloud to play outside and all doors and windows was to be closed at all times.._
After it was all done there was a big debate with Sweden because they had a nuclear plant just off the coast besides oure capital.._ and there was a big fear that what happened at Chernobyl could happen there.._
@@andromidius if you were born in 85 you were only a year old when Chernobyl happened, I was only 3 months old having been born in January, Chernobyl's accident occurred on April 26, 1986.
Fun fact the power plant generated enough energy that had it been put into a bomb it would have exploded with about the same force as a 6.6 mega ton bomb. The blast alone would have had a fire ball over 1 mile in diameter. Or all the energy in those 8 seconds would have been able to power 297 million homes for an entire year. Or all of the worlds nuclear power plants combined. Also to answer the question why no one knew how dangerous it was is because the soviet government literally told no one how to work it. The just gave them basic training. Most of the operators were electricians with no degree in nuclear science. Also Dyatlov was as big of an a hole as they show in the series. He even denied that it exploded when shown actual pictures all the way until he died.
Those poor souls staring into that inferno of an exposed reactor core, it was like staring into Hell itself. This show is ass-clenchingly tense. It deserves all of the awards it was given.
I was a nuclear machinist mate in the Navy for 6 years (operated the mechanical and fluid systems). This is a great story. The last episode explains nuclear power perfectly. This first episode actually pissed me off because they don't explain the accident and makes it seem to be an anti-nuclear power series. Instead, it avoids the reason so they can show the discovery as they go until the final explanation.
I agree, some people can assume from the first episode that it's anti-nuclear, when in actual fact I see it more as anti-complacency. Nuclear power is quite safe if treated with respect, but as soon as you get higher up people pressuring you to get the job done faster and ignore safety protocols that are there for good reason, it spells disaster, and that doesn't just go for nuclear but in many industries.
So this is rather off topic but due to how people have actually been quite anti nuclear in my country of Denmark I don't often get a chance to ask anyone their opinions regarding anything related to stuff like this who have worked in the field. I'm kind of curious what you think of the molten salt reactors in development. Seaborg (stationed in Copenhagen) claims to be able to have a prototype ready as soon as in 2025. When they outline it, it seems to solve basically all worries people have. Also getting a bit tinfoil hat, a notice was released on our navy's website that they intended to build 3 new warships that would be completely "green" and it made me think the navy might have already been in talks with Seaborg. Sorry for going on a bit of a tangent, but I felt they could have been related as I thought about the future applications of this technology, if it could even work or if it's more likely one of those "sounds really good on paper but probably won't be as great in reality" types of situations.
@@six2make4 the only reservation I have about it is the "what if" scenario depending on the salt all the alkaline metals are super reactive to water. So if there was an emergency that had fires what woulf happen because water would react with it and arguably make it a worse situation. My understanding though is that typically (at least the designs I've seen) the water for steam is the third system/boundary so there would never be a "leak" between water and the molten salt that comes in contact with the core
The last episode definitely wraps up the entire thing perfectly.
@@six2make4 Hey, fellow nuke here. the molten salt reactors basically flip every design feature of the water based reactors on it's head. the fuel is molten, high temperature, low pressure, can be refueled and purified of fission products as it operates, and due to higher temperature, it's also more thermally efficient. so long as the salt does not come in contact with water, it's not very chemically active.
About the repeated references to tasting metal: This is a phenomenon that happens when one is exposed to very high levels of radiation - usually fatal levels. I believe it's the result of subatomic particles activating the taste buds or ionizing the saliva in your mouth. The people with the red faces - they're not really urgent in leaving because they know they've already been exposed to fatal levels of radiation. They have just a couple weeks of life at most if they're lucky - or unlucky, depending on how you look at it. You'll understand in time.
Doesn't only happen with radiation poisoning...it may happen with exposure to any metal, particularly heavy metals, depending upon the dosage.
Probably inhaled radioactive particles and the entire sinus cavity is contaminated.
It's iodine-131 which is a fission product created while the reactor is running. Iodine has a metallic taste.
If you taste metal. . . . .there's no getting out. Its all ready too late. . .
The guy who held the door open for the other two who actually looked in to the core surprisingly lived another 20 some odd years. He did die if leukemia though.
Fun fact my farther was an engineering student in the USA watching this drama unfold while interning at the construction site of a nuclear plant that’s still operating today. He loved this show and says a couple points (like the miners) are off but largely yeah what he saw and what he could surmise
This is honestly one of the hardest shows I can remember watching! I've watched some stuff but this series broke my head, shocking!
Short answer re iodine pills is that the iodine binds in the thyroid gland, preventing radioactive iodine from binding there & causing thyroid cancer or failure
Yes. I have family who work at a nuclear plant. They are supplied iodine tablets to keep at home in the event there is ever a problem at the station.
Which is great...seriously, a good measure...but does nothing to prevent cesium, polonium, radium, uranium or plutonium poisoning.
@@thomast8539 And does nothing if you got this dose like the workers...
Yes. It helps with radioactive iodine isotopes in the air.
Doesn't keep you safe, but at least gets some of the nasty stuff out of your body.
@@Yora21 Less that it gets it out of your body than that the stable iodine already being in the thyroid prevents radioactive iodine from being taken-up and held, but, yes.
It's one of those shows where it's really hard to keep going but you have to because the show is done so well, and afterwards you'll look back and say "I'm glad I made myself experience that so now I know".
My family and I fled Soviet communism in the day. This movie accurately shows the disgusting arrogance and contempt communism has for human life. Never forget Chernobyl IS the greatest monument to communism.
My family used to host children from Chernobyl for a couple of days each summer in the UK back in the late 80s. Many of them had had leukemia or other related illnesses. As a fit and healthy teen I was so conscious of their thin and sickly bodies as we swam in our pool or had barbeques. I hope that they recovered, and have often wondered where they are now.
Well, since you asked... there have been 6800 cases of thyroid cancer in people who were children at the time of the accident, but only 15 have been fatal (thyroid cancer is usually easily treatable). There has been no clear increase in leukemia or other cancers, or deaths from other non-cancer diseases. That doesn't mean that they won't happen; estimates are that somewhere between 4k and 33k will die prematurely because of what happened at Chernobyl. However, since they were children at the time of the accident, all those children with leukemia have around a 70% chance of complete remission.
@@SpearM3064 Thanks for that, Some good news in there I think
One of the greatest pieces of television ever produced. It’s absolutely soul crushing to watch though. There were a few times I wasn’t sure if I could even finish the whole thing.
Darth Muppet chernobyl is as good as game of thrones IMO.
@Gerald H true. also Scherbina and Legasov's partnership is fucking jsut solid gold entertainment. I wish they were in it more!
this is great show depicting real event and real people, their heroism and cravenness, as well as ingrained problems of a tottering bureaucratic state.
however main narrative of the show is problematic because it is false. this false narrative depicts scientists seeking truth at any cost, conducting an investigation against wishes of the state , and revealing the results at great risk to themselves ( even of life and imprisonment).
in fact what happened at chernobyl and aftermath (now known and even accessible in west through books like midnight at chernobyl) on those man narrative points, was quite different ( in fact almost 180 degrees different).
investigation was done by state itself, and its findings were not hidden ( in fact were used by defense rather than persecution at trial) . nobody was at risk of back room execution, or imprisonment, because of investigation and a dramatic revelation of findings. legasov( who was heroically responsible for some important aftermath decisions) was ostracized not by state, but by fellow scientists,who thought he was proposing reforms ( not mentioned in show , some of them heroic in their own way ) detrimental to status of scientists, and finding faults with other individual scientists ( some of whom suffered and were fired because of this ) who had earlier helped his career.
show chose to lie on those points. those lies are especially problematic in a show with theme of" cost of lies" .
Couldn't agree more.
And to think, the writer and director decided to not show how terrible it actually was, since they felt the viewer would be too overwhelmed to follow the story.
Iodine-131 is a fission by product. You take iodine tablets so the thyroid is “full” and doesn’t uptake the radioactive iodine.
Which is a good thing, truly...but, would be limited in protective capability in a disaster such as this because other radioactive compounds were generated and released, such as cesium, strontium and plutonium.
@@thomast8539 sure. She was just asking why iodine.
From the doses they received in the reactor, they would start having symptoms anywhere from an hour to two days, but it makes sense for them to show it happening quickly.
I was 19 and at university when this happened. One of my friends was studying Russian in Kiev and had to be evacuated. She went through decontamination and the only item of clothing she wasn't allowed to keep were her slippers because they were what she had been wearing outside whilst waiting for the coach that took her to the airport.
Just as an FYI, a lot of the "music" is made up from sounds taken from a sister power plant.
I remember when the news hit Finland. I was playing in our yard when my mother yelled from balcony and told me to go inside, fast. Of course the news were days old at that point.
Yes I remember too... I was on a birthday party when the mother yelled at us to come inside and made everyone of us take a shower while she was frantically calling our parents to pick us up.
The documentary, Battle for Chernobyl, is one of the most horrifying stuff I've seen. Not because they don't show disfigured or the effects like here (just small sample of few photos), but because what they're talking about and do show.
One of my favorite things about this show is just how brilliant it works as cosmic horror as well. So much of terror that we experience when thinking about the Chernobyl nuclear disaster is how much of it feels unknowable and incomprehensible. Unless you're a nuclear scientist or an otherwise highly educated scientist, much of it almost feels like some level of dark magic at play. It's a deeply unsettling experience.
Anyway -- highly recommend to everyone in the comments to visit Ukraine and take a trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone one day. Not only is the disaster itself fascinating, and being able to see the "fallout" of it first hand. But the entire exclusion zone is a surreal experience, from the decayed Soviet buildings locked in time, to the liminal space that haunts you as you wander around children's classrooms and high school swimming pools.
It haunts you.
Told like that, it doesn't seem too far from S.T.A.L.K.E.R.
I was 10 years old when this happened. It was all over the news for months, and it was incredibly scary. We really didn't know all the facts at the time, the Soviet Union was incredibly secretive about the flow of information about the accident. It wasn't until the after fall of the U.S.S.R. that all the facts came out...and it was even more terrifying. This show does an excellent job of giving you the broad strokes of the accident. Just be prepared for some horrific images and soul wrenching situations...and some truly heroic displays of humanity at its best.
My mom and dad were trying to get pregnant at the time, and I can understand they weren't exactly relaxed when the cloud of radio-active materials had been detected in Sweden and starting washing out over the rest of Europe, which (obviously) also reached The Netherlands.
@@Dutch3DMaster if you watch russian news from days later, they talk of 18 deaths. At my place in GDR the news were, well there are a few injured but found already workplaces elsewhere.
I was a child when this happened. We weren't allowed to go outside after we learnt about the accident because of possible radiation fallout, and we were almost 2,000 km west.
400 km from my home
Damn sorry man. I wish that never happened to your country!
I dated a girl from Kiev in the 1990’s she told me they evacuated the city of Kiev. She was a young girl at the time.
I live with a whole ocean in between, but a coworker was a nervous person and her psychologist told her not to listen to the news. But she kept hearing bit - nuclear - Russians, Russians - nuclear. She came to the conclusion that we were minutes from a massive attack. Surprisingly, she kept coming to work.
This show is the only media I’ve ever watched in my whole life that gave me so much anxiety and panic that I had to actually stop for a while then go back too it later and I grew up on horror, war and action movies since I was a 10yr and now I’m 23 and it freaked me out.
It's like going into watching the Titanic. You know you're going to cry but you just have to watch and witness for the honor of the people who were lost.
This could be one of the hardest ones she watches. Up there with Schindlers List. Be brave, its a story the world likely wouldve forgotten if it werent for this show.
Hardly forgotten in Europe. Or elsewhere nuclear power is being discussed.
@@BDogg2023 I know for sure that the director is against nuclear power. So it's definitely biased.
@@johan.mp4 no not forgotten but I doubt most people know the real truth of it, with the liquidators and all the stuff the Soviets did to try to cover it upl
I know you kept saying “why don’t they just get out”, but unfortunately somebody had to go in there and deal with it and there isn’t anybody else. Also it’s not like a fire that will just burn itself out… well it would, after like 10,000 years.
It’s super fucked up, but those guys did it. Credit to them and everyone else for their bravery.
It also wouldn't help, they were already dead, it just took a bit longer to show.
Actually the guys in the control room (the ones in white uniforms) would have been protected for a short time. That's why it took so long for them to show symptoms. 'Getting out' without any protective gear would (and did) kill them faster. Some of those guys lived past 2002 (not sure if any are alive today tho)
10,000 years is the half life of uranium. I believe that was a plutonium reactor, which has a half life of 24,000+ years. Needless to say, that area of the world is going to be uninhabitable for a very VERY long time, unless something incredible comes about for technology to take care of it...like 50,000 years long.
@@mr.osclasses5054 Some people have moved into the outer areas of the exclusion zone (mostly original residents who were willing to take the risk).
Interesting fact: There's a type of mold that has found a way to live on radiation. In the 90's they sent a remote controlled robot and found the mold growing all over the walls of reactor 4. The cells use melanin to turn the radiation into energy the same way plants use chlorophyll to turn light into energy.
@@TheRealBamboonga If not for the horrifying backstory to what caused it, this is quite fascinating about the mold!
I had heard about those people. Many of them probably figured they were already exposed, so whatever. I REALLY hope something happens technologically to be able to clear that area of the radiation, but I don't think that will be in our lifetimes.
Where I once feared the cost of truth, now I only ask, "What is the cost of lies?"
My second favorite quote for justice and truth. I know this isn't the right episode, but I just clicked on it and it came to mind. I love this show
This isn't a fake movie. This really happened. It happened on my birthday when I was just a child. It's something I've studied very greatly. I'm just a tad bit sad that the world has forgotten how unbelievably significant this event was. My sister later died of leukemia that she got from cancer that I am confident that came from this accident
I binged the whole show in one sitting. Absolutely fascinating and extremely terrifying at the same time.
I agree. I was equally horrified & yet riveted to the screen. Such a masterful series.
i watched all 5 episodes on my day off and i had to walk through a forest for 2 hours to feel better
Me too! Watched it at the beginning of Covid and it's so frustrating to see that people STILL try to argue some scientists. Like... Didnt we learned anything????
Same…It’s just constant dread sitting in your chest..I was a kid but I do remember that certain vegetables weren’t being imported from Europe over to the US because of the fallout.
I'm the most cynical, jaded person I know, and I could only do the first two back to back. Then one a day. If I had tried to binge it altogether, I would have slit my wrists by ep. 4.
There is a podcast that the writers released after each episode talking about what they researched and what happened in the episode. It'll help explain some things about the show
Whats it called?
@@jacksonsage2115 www.hbo.com/chernobyl/podcast
I highly recommend it.
I think it's worth pointing out. Our society (and all societies for that matter) have groups of people designated to put themselves in danger when things go wrong.
They can't evacuate. They stay and risk death to stop the disaster.
I was 14 when this happened. This series is just utterly amazing and well acted
Already a classic. This series shows the human factor so well.
@@lolmao500 yep :(
@@lolmao500 Listen to yourself. You have been brainwashed by the very same communist propaganda the soviets used to put out. We don’t get jabbed because we CHOOSE not to, we have CHOICE. Thats what makes us a free country! You have the choice to get jabbed, no one’s stopping you! But leave us tf alone and let us live our lives, the fact that you cannot understand how coercing us into taking something violates everything in the United States Constitution and the Nuremberg Code and HIPAA laws, shows how brainwashed you are. And you have the audacity to call us the brainwashed ones. Seriously, quit watching the news.
One of the best and also most scariest tv-shows I've ever seen, because this actually happened. I was born 2 years after, but my dad told me that a lot of radiation also appeared all the way here in Finland. Some of the episodes later can be pretty tough to watch 😭... It's frustrating how the people in control didn't admit mistakes pretending everything is fine and sad how many innocent civilians and animals suffered.
What happened in Chernobyl was perhaps the greatest catastrophe in the history, considering what could've happened to the world.
The world didn't know about the extent of the catastrophe until a Swedish nuclear plant in the north noticed increased radiation from an unknown source.
It was also human Failure that this happend Nuklar power is not only the most dangerous power its a power that humanity should never hold
@@ITPalGame I'm not talking like Nuclar power in General I'm talking Nuclar War it is something that Humanity should never have obtained in modern times its dangrous and also catastrophic in current times and events
@@ITPalGame beg to differ. The sun will output fir several billion years yet, and over a wide area, wind is normally quite reliable, especially if used as part of a green network. No other method of energy production has similar potential pollution hazards.
People not admitting mistakes was a required character trait of most officials in the Soviet Union.
I remember as a child this happening, living in the UK it was pretty scary knowing that radiation was spreading all over europe and it come out in later years we were all contaminated to some extent.
One really fascinating factoid about this miniseries is that all of the music was comprised of sounds taken from another Ukrainian Nuclear plant. The artist recorded the sounds of pipes, and machines, etc and wove them together into the soundtrack.
The moral of this film is that lying is the biggest mistake and not worth the risk
It's a tough watch but a masterpiece of a series. One of the best I've ever seen. I think it hits everyone hard but, being old enough to remember it happening (I'm 50), it really never hit me how close this was to being a global catastrophe until I watched the series.
That’s largely because it never was close to being a global catastrophe. The show runners exaggerated most of those aspects for drama
One thing we learned from Watergate: It's not so much the deed, it's the cover-up. Here, there was covering up over and over.
Love your reactions. It is very satisfying to see someone that would not saught this information out under other circumstances. The world just continued and this huge event was just lost to history for most individuals. It is like watching and awakening.
None of the officials wanted to admit that the core exploded or order an evacuation because they didn't want to take the blame, not because they didn't know how dangerous it was.
Partly. There is also the fact that as far as they knew it was physically impossible for that type of reactor to actually explode. They keep asking 'how does an RBMK reactor explode' not only because they didn't want to accept that it did, but also because they genuinely didn't think that one even could.
to be blamed in communist Russia/USSR for such a terrible accident you might get shot. "Might" is just so much not describibing how it really was.
they also didn't want the world to know it happened or they would look inferior to the West
Having been in government, I can tell you the #1 principle in government is not to tarnish the brand. The government can never be wrong because it's legitimacy depends on the public perception of the masses believing in it. If people don't willingly acknowledge the authority of a government, then it doesn't exist. These beaurocrats feared being blamed individually because if they were blamed, then the government apparatus is blamed, and people higher in the beaurocracy can never allow that, hence a system that always eats itself. It's #1 objective is to protect itself, not the people. Look at present day politics - have we not yet noticed that the public health problem is 100% government from creation, to reaction, to failed solutions? Notice how censorship is used today just like the Soviets used with Chernobyl and many other things throughout their history.
This was the height/end of the Cold War….The soviets didn’t want the US to know because it would make them look bad…Gorbachov said later that Chernobyl could have been the real reason the Soviet Union collapsed.
If you made it through Schindler's List you can make it through this series I believe. With that said, Episode 4 of Chernobyl, was one of the hardest most spirit crushing hours of film I've seen in my life.
For me...it was the 3rd episode. They sent the miners, and all those liquidators to certain, painful death 🥺
I remember the panic all over Europe when this happened. We stockpiled canned food, toilet paper, first aid kits... It was kinda pre-apocalyptic! But after a while we calmed down and everything went back to normal
Who? We lived in the neighboring country and the only thing they said was dont eat vegetables like spinach. Oh and the important people got iodine capsules. Nothing more. They washed the contaminated train cars in our country and many trucker died because they transferred radioactive debris without knowing it. My family personally knew a trucker who was in Kiev in 86 when Chernobil happened with his wife and 4 year old daughter. They all died from cancer related causes within 2 years.
@@Zappina I leave in Greece. I guess we got more scared!
And my parents lived at that time. I'm from Russia. We feel it much more strongly, because it happened under our noses
@@Zappina I am from Eastern Europe. My parents said the radioactive debris landed in the fields on that year. So they didn't eat that...
@@riveraharper8166 Eastern Europe is not a country. Where are you from?
They couldn't evacuate, someone had stay and try to control the situation.
Great series, great reactions.
You are by FAR my favourite reactor on RUclips. Your empathy, gentleness and immersion in what your watching, liberally sprinkled with some truly fabulous quotes, is simply the best on YT.
Love your content and you. ❤
A nuclear reactor.
@@angistron 💀
I second all of that. Cassie is the best
This miniseries is so impactful it should be taught in schools. 🥺
It doubtless will be, from Drama to Physics to Social Studies.
@@AlanCanon2222 Doubtful, unfortunately. The reasons it wasn't taught for the last 30 years are still there and the same reasons it won't be taught now.
The dust in the air falling on the people on the railroad bridge is radioactive fallout. The place would be named "The Bridge of Death."
I remember it clearly. I was 10, and suddenly radiation levels spiked here in Denmark. Despite the main cloud going east of Denmark. I remember my mother turning white, when the first images were shown on tv. She instantly recognised meltdown. I remember her saying that the liquidators were dead meat, the minute they entered the roof to clean up.
This is not going to be an enjoyable series for you, but it should be seen. It is always best to know what happened.
The episode “Happiness for all mankind” is going to be a “ruff” one.
One of the few shows that really made me feel suspense and dread, absolutely great.
Also love their choice to uses English voices and accents as opposed to terribly done Russian ones lol
I will always carry with me the quote "Every lie we tell incurs a debt to the truth. Sooner or later that debt is paid.”
The nurse asked for iodine pills because they protect the thyroid gland from absorbing radioactive iodine. They were a standard first aid treatment for radiation and fallout exposure. And they are often taken as a precaution.
I hope you can power through. It is a tough series to watch because of the subject and horror that was Chernobyl. That being said I echo what many have already said, this is a masterful piece of television, and it is so worth watching. You will grow to love characters that have barely been introduced in this first episode and some not at all yet. The performances are stellar. The way it was shot and the music and sound editing is absolutely brilliant. Have the tissue ready, pace yourself if you need to but do yourself a favor and finish all the episodes.
This is gonna change you Cassie, i wish you well and this is real. This event nearly Destroyed half of Europe but for the heroes who stayed to control it and still it had lasting affects on a large part of the region regarding food supplies (animals and crops) for decades....i was a kid at the time it happened within the affected area we still don't know what it did to our generation and the epicenter is a waste land now to this day.
And it isn't over. The emergency steps they took need to be maintained and it is still dangerous.
I live not too far from Three Mile Island. Thank goodness American reactors have a containment structure. It was scary, but orders of magnitude less than this one.
We should be developing thorium reactors. Apparently if they fail they naturally shutdown. But early on their development was put on hold because they are useless for making materials for nuclear weapons.
You NEED to continue this series now you've watched the first episode, everyone needs to learn and reflect on this harrowing event in our history.
True stories always hit home a lot harder! Great series but ultimately haunting,very tragic & sad for everyone that was involved. They actually do tours of chernobyl,its like a ruined town frozen in time,the tour guide has a geiger counter that shows just how radioactive the whole area still is.
Another rough one. I re-watch this every so often. Its soo good, sad and disturbing.
Idk if anyone has ever suggested the 10 part mini series John Adam’s from HBO but it’s as good as Band of Brothers or the Pacific, both of which I love. You should for sure put it on ur list. Love your reactions btw.
If she wants good miniseries, there’s The Winds of War from the 1980s. Also, “George Washington: The Indispensable Man.”
Band of Brothers is amazing and a must watch at least once in my opinion!!
John Adams is literally my favourite Mini Series. It's so good.
Very good pick
It’s about time someone reacted to John Adams. Such a a great miniseries that somehow has flown under the radar.
In the final episode, there is a comment that several individuals were condensed into fewer parts, to make the story easier to follow.
There are VERY FEW shows that tell you how much a story has been "adjusted" and I wish more did this.
Another HBO miniseries to watch is “From The Earth To The Moon”. I was a Soviet Studies major when Chernobyl occurred. This miniseries does a good job illustrating how things worked in the USSR. He had to smuggle the tape out because the KGB would stop him.
I binged this show one afternoon. I'm not squeamish in the least and rarely have to break from anything but after episode 4 I took a couple day break. The way this show impresses the horrible gravity of the situation through, amazingly enough, its sound design is masterful. Its both devastating and so very interesting to watch. I've been obsessed with chernobyl since I learned about it over 15 years ago and these 5 hours of perfect television scratch an itch while also making me want more details.
Though I know it's a death sentence I would still LOVE to some day climb down into the reactor pit and just sit in silence. See the corium formations, smell the burnt metals...ugh if only...
All that to say this show will take you on a ride and knowing that this actually happened continuously will blow your mind. Great choice. Were all watching with you, eyes glued to the screen once more.
One of the best mini series I've seen. I remember Chernobyl well. It was all over the news in scattered reports. Then the truth came out and... just keep watching... it might not be easy in parts (emotionally) but it's a real education of a historical event.
Chernobyl amazed me. I always had a passing interest in the disaster but never knew the full details (though probably a little more than the casual watcher who wasn't familiar at all). I don't know if this has anything to do with it but the Chernobyl miniseries is one of the best things I've ever seen in any medium, ever.
I'm gonna have to watch this again for the third time. Skarsgard and Harris are so tremendous in it, fantastic acting and chemistry by those two. Can't believe it's been 5 years.
The scene that always gets me are all the people standing on "The bridge of death" not having a clue that they are being contaminated.
That was just an urban legend from what I heard on the tour. No one on the bridge died
@@MonsterTomten That's not an urban legend. I have seen many documentaries where they mention it. And I have heard lots of interviews not long after it happened. And they even write it at the end of this series. They didn't die right away. It took years. They developed cancer and that's what killed them. Not all but pretty many.
the ash falling on the people is the highly radiated graphite right from the core!
It is infuriating to watch how the USSR handled this. However there is also incredible courage and sacrifice by Russians to try and resolve the situation. It's their story that deserves to be shown. The true potential scale of the disaster is horrifying and the world owes them a great debt. The contrast in priorities and actions between party officials and the scientists/responders will inspire a whole range of emotions. The series is as brilliant as it is brutal.
Ukrainians. I mean, yes, Russians too but this is in Ukraine.
@@catherinelw9365 Fair enough point. Several of the characters come from Moscow and over the series people were called in from all over. I mistook Russia for the USSR. But you are absolutely right that many were from Ukraine, not Russia. My mistake.
It is infuriating idiots believe any of the shite wshown in this bad pamphlet is true. The USSR handled it very differently. But you need you propaganda and lies about the USSSR. Disgusting.
@@gogaonzhezhora8640 - I see you prefer to leave matters of the state... to the state. Good luck with that.
@@gogaonzhezhora8640 Tankie bootlicker, I presume?
I know, a bit late to comment, but I was 15 when it happened and there was a serious warning for radiation transported over Europe through Rain. Living in the most western part of Germany we were luckily farther from everything, but I remember that the news at that time were really terryfying for us all. When you grow up in a time the cold war was still on, something like a nuclear accident like this was not less fear inspiring. I didn't know they made a series of this, I'm really not sure wether I could bare to watch it. But thanks to your reaction maybe I can watch it second hand. :)
The series is based in the book “Voices from Chernobyl” by Svetlana Alexievich
This series is heavy, even for a callous person like myself. One of the best miniseries I have ever seen.
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1LT Nash, just a friendly note, I wouldn't use your real name and rank on a social media / public website, assuming it's real. They will find a reason to use it against you. They consider no different than showing up to a political event in uniform. An O-5 got in trouble for writing a book just a few months ago.
@@AquariusTurtle Appreciate the strong advice brother, but the name and rank is a Street Fighter reference. No doubt someone will try to get me for stolen valor now.
You are a very sensitive girl. You were in a lot of tears and you only saw the first part. Many people need to see this series. I lived here in Hungary at the age of 18. I don't spoil, I can't. Look through you learn a lot from it. I look forward to the next parts. I cried with you too.
As a power engineer, I love this series. The writer did everything in his power to make as much historically accurate as possible, down to the last button in Reactor 4's control room. This disaster could have been so much worse, if the Soviet people had not sacrificed so much to fix it. Please continue watching it.
Well said, Chernobyl was bad, but people don't think enough how it could have been even worse without the determination of the Soviet people to do what needed to be done, "because someone had to do it".
@@G1NZOU A few extremely arrogant people and a whole lot of every day heroes. Seems to be the story of humanity. And they just barely finished building and moving the permanent structure over reactor four a few years ago. One of the largest engineering projects ever undertaken.
@@mycroft16 Definitely agree, it's something we always have to be careful of, whenever there's a huge accident there's people jumping in to do the right thing and others who are either in denial or would rather go into political damage control rather than focus on the critical accident.
The new cover is amazing, and a great example of what a unified plan and funding can achieve.
Lol come on man, that’s just not true. The entire plot of it melting through to the water tanks and creating a 3 megaton explosion was complete horse shit. and a 3 megaton explosion “leveling Kiev and Minsk” was laughable at best. It would take a 300 megaton bomb to rustle the grass in Minsk from Chernobyl. The show runners simply preyed on your ignorance.
If anything, the concern about the melted core hitting the water was that now you’d have steam carrying decay products. A pressurized explosion was impossible.
You're strong enough to see the whole series :) Greetings from Finland, area where the fallout travelled among scandinavia too.
After I watched the first episode, I felt a duty to watch. Like those people needed to be heard. It’s a tough miniseries but is excellently done.
This is a superb show. You will feel emotions.
Show? This isn't the Muppet Show. It's a high quality drama.
The speech the old man gave starting @ 12:31 ... Starting with 'the state tells us not to start a panic.. leave matters of state to the state'... and ending with 'stop the spread of misinformation'... Chilling parallels considering what Western society has dealt with (..and, yes STILL dealing with) these past two years.
For those that weren't alive, this was before the internet was really available to the public. The way the West found out was the radiation in the air got to Sweden and Sweden detected insane amounts of radiation.
This is an amazing series. Here's the one thing you need to remember about radiation. By the time you realize you've been exposed, it is way way way too late. Cassie said it perfect when she called out the gaslighting. But you can't gaslight this. It is too big.
Finishing the series answers all your questions. Surely watching a television program about the event is easier to experience than it was to actually go through the event. Our refusal to look enables those who would gaslight us about the truth. Like Holocaust denial, as an example.
Amen to that!
"Do you taste metal?" That's the Uranium
Saw it several years ago when it came out. Easily one of the most impressive series I ever saw.